Malibu Behavioral Health Services Inc. v. Magellan Healthcare, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California 10
11 MALIBU BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Case No. 2:20-cv-1731-ODW (PVCx)
SERVICES INC.,
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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
13 Plaintiff, DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO
14 v. DISMISS SECOND AMENDED
COMPLAINT [63] [64]
15 MAGELLAN HEALTHCARE, INC., et al., 16
17 Defendants.
18 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 This action arises from a payment dispute between a medical services provider 21 and an insurer. Plaintiff Malibu Behavioral Health Services, Inc., d/b/a South 22 California Road to Recovery (“Malibu”) brings a Second Amended Complaint 23 (“SAC”) against Defendants AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey 24 (“AmeriHealth”) and AmeriHealth’s agent, Magellan Healthcare, Inc. (“Magellan”), 25 seeking $394,985 for unpaid medical services Malibu provided its patient, “LK.” (See 26 SAC, ECF No. 60.) 27 AmeriHealth and Magellan have filed separate Motions to Dismiss the SAC. 28 (AmeriHealth Mot., ECF No. 63; Magellan Mot., ECF No. 64.) Both…